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GJA to open book of condolence for Godwin Avenorgbo

A book of Condolence, dedicated to the memory of Godwin Avenorgbo, a veteran journalist and broadcaster, will open on Monday, August 26, 2024, by...

Goat thief paraded through community

A 55-year-old man alleged to have stolen a goat at KpareKpare, a farming community near Dambai in the Krachi East Municipality of the Oti...

Curfew on Chereponi township renewed

The Ministry of Interior has by Executive Instrument renewed the curfew hours for Chereponi Township and its environs in the North East Region from...

Bono East Region commissions 89 DRIP machines to enhance road infrastructure

The Bono East Regional Minister, Adu Gyan, has commissioned its District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) in a ceremony attended by Metropolitan, Municipal, and District...

DRIP to create 400 jobs in Upper East Region – Dr Hafiz

The Upper East Regional Minister, Dr. Hafiz Bin Salih, has announced that the District Road Improvement Project (DRIP) will generate 400 jobs in the...

Bernard Owusu elected as new chairman of TUC

Bernard Owusu has been elected as the new Chairman of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Ghana. Before his election, Mr. Owusu served as the...

Overturned trailer on Motorway causes massive gridlock

A trailer truck on Wednesday overturned on the Accra-Tema stretch of the motorway, causing significant vehicular traffic. The trailer overturned near the Ashaiman Presby Junction...

Korle-Bu CEO clarifies breakdown of sole cancer machine

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital has refuted claims that their only cancer treatment machine has breakdown. Admitting there was a breakdown,...

No new judgment against Ghana – AG clarifies Trafigura debt

The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Godfred Yeboah Dame, has clarified that the Trafigura judgment debt is not a new issue, stating that...

Police Constable who shot man over fare remanded

A Police Constable Smith Gyekyi, who shot 25-year-old Stanley Ahadzi after a disagreement over transport fare has been remanded two weeks into police custody. This...

Wyllbee’s lynching: Alleged lover granted 100k bail

Nana Yaa Nyarko, the primary suspect in Wyllbee’s murder case has been granted bail by the Adum High Court. This ruling follows previous unsuccessful attempts...

Trafigura judgement debt: No arbitration losses under my watch – Attorney General

Attorney General and Minister of Justice Godfred Dame has said that no arbitration awards have been issued against Ghana since he took office. Speaking on...

Moving car bursts into flames at Labone

A moving car was destroyed by fire in Labone yesterday after the driver fell asleep behind the wheel. The incident occurred when the vehicle, numbered...

After 30 years, one would’ve expected some sort of maturity in our politics – Prof Agyeman-Duah

A former UN Senior Governance Advisor, Prof Baffour Agyeman-Duah, has expressed concerns about the conduct of political parties during election years. According to him, given...

NPA engaged in ‘unfortunate and deliberate’ attempts to tarnish reputation of LPG refill stations – Industry Stakeholders

The LPG Marketers Association of Ghana and the Ghana LPG Operators Association (GLIPOA) have accused the National Petroleum Authority's (NPA) Communications Manager, Mohammed Abdul-Kudus,...

Fire destroys girls’ dormitory at Jacobu SHS days before WASSCE

A devastating fire has destroyed the girls' dormitory at Jacobu Senior High Technical School in the Amansie Central District of the Ashanti Region. The blaze,...

Agric Minister reveals massive destruction of farm crops in 8 regions due to dry spell

The Agriculture Minister, Bryan Acheampong, says its preliminary assessment reveals massive destruction of farm crops in eight regions following the onset of the dry...

Police reacts to alleged militia training in Bawku

The Ghana Police Service has vehemently dismissed claims of militia training in Bawku in the Upper East region. The Police said it thoroughly investigated the...

Two foreigners jailed for acquiring Ghana Card, birth certificate

The Police Headquarters District Court has sentenced a Cameroonian and Togolese to 36 months imprisonment each in hard labour for illegally acquiring Ghana Cards...

IEA calls for policy ensuring all gov’t appointees pay for electricity consumed

The Institute of Economic Affairs(IEA) is calling for a policy that will ensure that all government appointees pay for their domestic electricity usage. In a...

GIDA’s $40K irrigation cost estimate “unreasonably high” – Prof. Kanton

Professor Roger Kanton, a Research Scientist at the Savannah Agricultural Research Institute (SARI), has expressed surprise at the Ghana Irrigation Development Authority’s (GIDA) estimated...

Government sets up 35 PWDs in North Dayi District

The government through the disability fund has set up some thirty-five persons with disabilities (PWDS)in the North Dayi District of the Volta Region. The Fund...

NIB officer, wife tied up and robbed at gunpoint at Kasoa Chrispo City [Photos]

An officer of the National Investigation Bureau (NIB) and his wife have been tied up and robbed at gunpoint in Kasoa Chrispo City in...

Bono Minister hands over DRIP equipment to MDAs

The Bono Regional Minister has handed over 99 road construction equipment to 12 municipal and district assemblies (MDAs) under the District Road Improvement Program...

Teacher trainees want academic calendar extended after CETAG calls off strike

Some Teacher trainees are calling for an extension of the academic calendar after the Colleges of Education Teachers Association Ghana (CETAG) called off its...

Gov’t committed to resolving Asanko Gold Ltd and Tontokrom dispute – Mireku Duker

The Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources responsible for Mines, George Mireku Duker, has re-echoed government's commitment to resolving the dispute between the...

Free SHS has alleviated financial burden on chiefs – Domeabra Omanhene tells Napo

The Omanhene of the Domeabra Traditional Area, Nana Bafour Owusu, has disclosed that the governing New Patriotic Party's(NPP) Free Senior High School (SHS) policy...

Attorney General replies Kwabena Donkor over $134m judgement debt 

The Attorney-General has rejected claims of refusing to settle the legal liabilities stemming from a $134 million judgment debt issued against Ghana by a...

Registrar of Sunyani Technical University’s reappointment challenged in court

The reappointment of Samuel Ankamah Obour as the Registrar of Sunyani Technical University has been legally challenged by two individuals at the Sunyani High...

Bawumia’s government will improve prison infrastructure and prisoners’ welfare

The Vice President and flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed a strong desire to improve prison infrastructure and...

Upper East yet to be affected by Bagre dam spillage – NADMO

The National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) in the Upper East Region has indicated that the full impact of the Bagre Dam spillage is yet...

Angry Akyem Oda traders attack Forest Division Office

A violent mob of lumber traders and sellers from the Oda Timber Market has attacked and vandalised the Akyem Oda District Office of the...

Ayorkor Botchwey engages Sri Lanka in Commonwealth bid and economic cooperation talks

Ghana’s Foreign Minister, Shirley A. Botchwey, met with her Sri Lankan counterpart, Ali Sabri, in Colombo to discuss her candidacy for Commonwealth Secretary-General and...

Cabinet approves Gifted, Talented Education

Cabinet has approved the implementation of a Gifted and Talented Education System (GATE) programme in selected schools to enhance the potential of students towards...

Omanhene of Akyem Bosome appeals for gov’t intervention to resolve 10-year-old chieftaincy dispute

The Omanhene of Akyem Bosome Traditional Area in the Eastern Region, Okotwaasuo Kantamanto Oworaen Agyekum III, has appealed for the government's intervention to resolve...

Listing Graphic on stock market better option – NMC

The Chairman of the National Media Commission (NMC), Yaw Boadu-Ayeboafoh, has described the recapitalisation of the Graphic Communications Group Ltd. (GCGL) through an initial...

NADMO calls for immediate national response to Keta coastline erosion

The Deputy National Coordinator of the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO), Seji Saji has called for urgent national action to address the severe coastal...

Keta coastline could be lost in two years – Maritime Expert warns

Executive Director of the Center for International Maritime Affairs Ghana (CIMAG), Albert Fiatui has issued a stark warning that the Keta coastline in the...

Teacher confesses to ‘chopping’ GH₵15,000 unearned salary at PAC [Video]

A teacher's admission sparked laughter when he confessed to spending GH₵15,000 of an unearned salary during a Public Accounts Committee (PAC) sitting. A Principal Superintendent...

2024 WASSCE: WAEC warns school heads, invigilators over mass cheating

The West African Examinations Council (WAEC) says it has uncovered a grand scheme by some schools to engage in mass cheating in the ongoing...